World History, Volume 2: From 1400

Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Understanding the Past
Introduction
1.1 Developing a Global Perspective
1.2 Primary Sources
1.3 Causation and Interpretation in History
Key Terms
Section Summary
Assessments
Chapter 2 Exchange in East Asia and the Indian Ocean
Introduction
2.1 India and International Connections
2.2 The Malacca Sultanate
2.3 Exchange in East Asia
Key Terms
Section Summary
Assessments
Chapter 3 Early Modern Africa and the Wider World
Introduction
3.1 The Roots of African Trade
3.2 The Songhai Empire
3.3 The Swahili Coast
3.4 The Trans-Saharan Slave Trade
Key Terms
Section Summary
Assessments
Chapter 4 The Islamic World
Introduction
4.1 A Connected Islamic World
4.2 The Ottoman Empire
4.3 The Safavid Empire
Key Terms
Section Summary
Assessments
Chapter 5 Foundations of the Atlantic World
Introduction
5.1 The Protestant Reformation
5.2 Crossing the Atlantic
5.3 The Mercantilist Economy
5.4 The Atlantic Slave Trade
Key Terms
Section Summary
Assessments
Chapter 6 Colonization and Economic Expansion
Introduction
6.1 European Colonization in the Americas
6.2 The Rise of a Global Economy
6.3 Capitalism and the First Industrial Revolution
Key Terms
Section Summary
Assessments
Chapter 7 Revolutions in Europe and North America
Introduction
7.1 The Enlightenment
7.2 The Exchange of Ideas in the Public Sphere
7.3 Revolutions: America, France, and Haiti
7.4 Nationalism, Liberalism, Conservatism, and the Political Order
Key Terms
Section Summary
Assessments
Chapter 8 Revolutions in Latin America
Introduction
8.1 Revolution for Whom?
8.2 Spanish North America
8.3 Spanish South America
8.4 Portuguese South America
Key Terms
Section Summary
Assessments
Chapter 9 Expansion in the Industrial Age
Introduction
9.1 The Second Industrial Revolution
9.2 Motives and Means of Imperialism
9.3 Colonial Empires
9.4 Exploitation and Resistance
Key Terms
Section Summary
Assessments
Chapter 10 Life and Labor in the Industrial World
Introduction
10.1 Inventions, Innovations, and Mechanization
10.2 Life in the Industrial City
10.3 Coerced and Semicoerced Labor
10.4 Communities in Diaspora
10.5 Regulation, Reform, and Revolutionary Ideologies
Key Terms
Section Summary
Assessments
Chapter 11 The War to End All Wars
Introduction
11.1 Alliances, Expansion, and Conflict
11.2 The Collapse of the Ottomans and the Coming of War
11.3 Total War
11.4 War on the Homefront
11.5 The War Ends
Key Terms
Section Summary
Assessments
Chapter 12 The Interwar Period
Introduction
12.1 Recovering from World War I
12.2 The Formation of the Soviet Union
12.3 The Great Depression
12.4 Old Empires and New Colonies
12.5 Resistance, Civil Rights, and Democracy
Key Terms
Section Summary
Assessments
Chapter 13 The Causes and Consequences of World War II
Introduction
13.1 An Unstable Peace
13.2 Theaters of War
13.3 Keeping the Home Fires Burning
13.4 Out of the Ashes
Key Terms
Section Summary
Assessments
Chapter 14 Cold War Conflicts
Introduction
14.1 The Cold War Begins
14.2 The Spread of Communism
14.3 The Non-Aligned Movement
14.4 Global Tensions and Decolonization
14.5 A New World Order
Key Terms
Section Summary
Assessments
Chapter 15 The Contemporary World and Ongoing Challenges
Introduction
15.1 A Global Economy
15.2 Debates about the Environment
15.3 Science and Technology for Today’s World
15.4 Ongoing Problems and Solutions
Key Terms
Section Summary
Assessments
Appendix A Glossary
Appendix B World History, Volume 2, from 1400: Maps and Timelines
Chapter 1: Understanding the Past
Chapter 2: Exchange in East Asia and the Indian Ocean
Chapter 3: Early Modern Africa and the Wider World
Chapter 4: The Islamic World
Chapter 5: Foundations of the Atlantic World
Chapter 6: Colonization and Economic Expansion
Chapter 7: Revolutions in Europe and North America
Chapter 8: Revolutions in Latin America
Chapter 9: Expansion in the Industrial Age
Chapter 11:The War to End All Wars
Chapter 12: The Interwar Period
Chapter 13: The Causes and Consequences of World War II
Chapter 14: Cold War Conflicts
Chapter 15: The Contemporary World and Ongoing Challenges
Timelines in Volume 2, from 1400
Appendix C World Maps
Appendix D Recommended Resources for the Study of World History
How to Study World History
Resources for Primary Sources
Resources for Maps
Resources for Videos
Website Collections
Resources for Art History
Magazine Articles
Podcasts
3D Tours
Virtual Museum Content
Index
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